ATP World Tour 250 series

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The ATP World Tour 250 series is a new series for tennis tournaments of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) from the 2009 ATP World Tour. It is the lowest tier of events on the tour, and is a continuation of the ATP International Series.^[1]

The series includes 40 tournaments, with a number of 250 rankings points to win for the events' singles champions –which accounts for the name of the series. All tournaments have a draw of 28 or 32 for singles and 16 for doubles, except for the AEGON (Queen's Club) Championships, which has a draw of 56 for singles and 24 for doubles, and the Winston-Salem Open, which has a draw of 48 for singles and 16 for doubles.

[edit] Events

2011 champions
2012 champions

Tournament	Sponsored name	City	Country	Surface	Current singles champions	Current doubles champions
Doha	Qatar ExxonMobil Open	Doha	Qatar	Hard	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Filip Polášek Lukáš Rosol
Chennai	Aircel Chennai Open	Chennai	India	Hard	Milos Raonic	Leander Paes Janko Tipsarevic
Brisbane	Brisbane International	Brisbane	Australia	Hard	Andy Murray	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor
Sydney	Apia International Sydney	Sydney	Australia	Hard	Jarkko Nieminen	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
Auckland	Heineken Open	Auckland	New Zealand	Hard	David Ferrer	Oliver Marach Alexander Peya
Montpellier	Open Sud de France	Pérols	France	Hard (i)	Gaël Monfils	Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins
Vina del Mar	VTR Open	Santiago	Chile	Clay	Tommy Robredo	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares
Zagreb	PBZ Zagreb Indoors	Zagreb	Croatia	Hard (i)	Ivan Dodig	Dick Norman Horia Tecău
Sao Paulo	Brasil Open	Sao Paulo	Brazil	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares
San Jose	SAP Open	San Jose	United States	Hard (i)	Milos Raonic	Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram
Marseille	Open 13	Marseille	France	Hard (i)	Robin Söderling	Robin Haase Ken Skupski
Buenos Aires	Copa Claro	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	Oliver Marach Leonardo Mayer
Delray Beach	Delray Beach Int'l Tennis Championships	Delray Beach	United States	Hard	Juan Martin del Potro	Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram
Houston	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships	Houston	United States	Clay	Ryan Sweeting	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
Casablanca	Grand Prix Hassan II	Casablanca	Morocco	Clay	Pablo Andujar	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău
Bucharest	BCR Open Romania	Bucharest	Romania	Clay	Florian Mayer	Daniele Bracciali Potito Starace
Estoril	Estoril Open	Oeiras	Portugal	Clay	Juan Martin del Potro	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer
Belgrade	Serbia Open	Belgrade	Serbia	Clay	Novak Djokovic	Frantisek Cermak Michal Mertinak
Munich	BMW Open	Munich	Germany	Clay	Nikolay Davydenko	Simone Bolelli Horacio Zeballos
Nice	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur	Nice	France	Clay	Nicolas Almagro	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer
Halle	Gerry Weber Open	Halle	Germany	Grass	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Queens	AEGON Championships	London	United Kingdom	Grass	Andy Murray	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
's-Hertogenbosch	UNICEF Open	Rosmalen	Netherlands	Grass	Dmitry Tursunov	Daniele Bracciali Frantisek Cermak
Eastbourne	AEGON International	Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Grass	Andreas Seppi	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram
Newport	Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships	Newport	United States	Grass	John Isner	Matthew Ebden Ryan Harrison
Båstad	Catella Swedish Open	Båstad	Sweden	Clay	Robin Soderling	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău
Stuttgart	MercedesCup	Stuttgart	Germany	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Jurgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner
Umag	ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag	Umag	Croatia	Clay	Alexandr Dolgopolov	Fabio Fognini Potito Starace
Atlanta	Atlanta Tennis Championships	Atlanta	United States	Hard	Mardy Fish	Alex Bogomolov, Jr. Matthew Ebden
Gstaad	Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad	Gstaad	Switzerland	Clay	Marcel Granollers	Frantisek Cermak Filip Polasek
Los Angeles	Farmer's Classic	Los Angeles	United States	Hard	Ernests Gulbis	Mark Knowles Xavier Malisse
Kitzbühel	Austrian Open Kitzbühel	Kitzbühel	Austria	Clay	Robin Haase	Daniele Bracciali Santiago Gonzalez
Winston-Salem	Winston-Salem Open	Winston-Salem	United States	Hard	John Isner	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram
Metz	Open de Moselle	Metz	France	Hard (i)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Jamie Murray Andre Sa
Saint Petersburg	St. Petersburg Open	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Hard (i)	Marin Cilic	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins
Bangkok	PTT Thailand Open	Bangkok	Thailand	Hard (i)	Andy Murray	Oliver Marach Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Kuala Lumpur	Proton Malaysian Open	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Hard (i)	Janko Tipsarevic	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer
Stockholm	If Stockholm Open	Stockholm	Sweden	Hard (i)	Gael Monfils	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Moscow	Kremlin Cup	Moscow	Russia	Hard (i)	Janko Tipsarevic	Frantisek Cermak Filip Polasek
Vienna	Bank Austria-TennisTrophy	Vienna	Austria	Hard (i)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan